It’s not always easy to explain, and perhaps harder to understand, but my heart lives easier in certain places. The land speaks to me, perhaps her memories find an imprint in my work, and I sense mysteries that are left alone to exist. I can locate myself somehow, somewhere, in the way nature and the people express themselves. Perhaps some of you feel the same way.
sea dreams, acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas,
30” x 30”, 2021
the space between, acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 21” x 22”, 2021
San Luis, acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2022
returning home, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
temoy, spirit under the coconut tree, acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas paper, 10” x 14”, 2012
myth of knowledge, acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2011
What does the sea level southern Caribbean and high plateau North American west have in common, two of the places my heart resides? I can’t say, but I believe both places adopted me, land and people spoke to me, even healed me.
I am beginning the process of fermentation for a new body of work that I will endeavor to show in Trinidad next year, a show entitled Coming Home. In it I will be exploring ideas around place, people, heritage, and heart.
Nicholas Emery
May 23rd 2022